A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



In the time of King Edward, as (et) now, In the time of King Edward it was worth 40 



it was worth 25 pounds; when received 15 shillings and afterwards 30 shillings; now 60 



pounds. shillings. 



Robert holds of William Childeltune 

 [East Chiltington]. Fredri held it of King 

 Edward, and could betake himself (/r^) whither 

 he pleased. Then it was assessed for 7 hides, 

 now for 5 hides and I virgate,^ the others are 

 in the rape of the Count of Mortain. There 

 is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 plough, and (there are) 3 villeins with i 

 plough. In Lewes (is) i haw yielding {de) 

 12 pence. 



Of this land a certain knight holds 2^ 

 hides, and there he has on (his) demesne i 

 plough, and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 bor- 

 dars with I plough, and half a mill yielding 

 {de) 1 5 pence, and I haw and a half yielding 

 {de) 8 pence. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 4 pounds, and afterwards (the same) ; now 

 100 shillings. 



Godfrey holds of William Childe(n)tune 

 [East Chiltington]. Godric held it of King 

 Edward. Then it was assessed for 2 hides ; 

 now for I hide and a half, because a half is 

 in the rape of the Count of Mortain. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is 

 I plough, and (there are) 5 villeins and 3 

 bordars with i plough. There (are) 2 acres 

 of meadow. Wood(land) yielding [de] 12 

 swine. In Lewes i burgess yielding {de) 6 

 pence. 



fo. 27b 



In the time of King Edward and afterwards 

 it was worth 16 shillings ; now 20 shillings. 



Nigel holds of William i hide in Odintune 

 [Wooton in East Chiltington]. Godric held 

 it of King Edward. It did not give geld. 

 No one lives (nianet) there. It is worth 12 

 shillings." 



Hugh holds of William Venningore 

 [Waningore']. Four alodial tenants held it 

 of King; Edward, and could betake them- 

 selves {ire) whither they pleased with their 

 lands. Then it was assessed for 3J hides, 

 now half (a hide) is in the rape of the Count 

 of Mortain.* There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there 

 are) 6 villeins and 5 bordars with 3 ploughs. 

 .° Three haws yielding {de) 21 pence. 



» Et una v'trga interlined. 



2 Denarios altered to solidos. 



8 In Chailey. 



* At Brockhurst in East Grinstead (see p. 419). 



s A space left. 



The same Hugh holds of William 3 vir- 

 gates in Bedinges [Beeding], which (manor) 

 William de Braiose holds. Villeins held them 

 in the time of King Edward. They have 

 never paid geld. On the demesne is I plough, 

 and (there are) 15 villeins and 3 bordars with 

 5 ploughs. There is land for 5 ploughs. There 

 (are) 3 acres of meadow. Wood(land) yield- 

 ing {de) 10 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards it was worth 15 shillings ; now 30 

 shillings. 



In Bercha(m) [Barcombe] Hundred 



William de Watevile holds of William 

 Bercham [Barcombe]. Azor held it of 

 Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 13 

 hides ; now for io|- hides ; the others are in 

 the rape of the Count of Mortain.* They 

 have never paid geld, so (the jurors) say. 

 There is land for 20 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 24 vil- 

 leins and 2 bordars with 9 ploughs. There 

 (is) a church,^ and 3I mills yielding {de) 20 

 shillings. In Lewes (are) 18 haws yielding 

 {de) 8 shillings and 7 pence. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 1 2 pounds, and afterwards 6 pounds ; now 8 

 pounds. 



Ralph ■* holds of William Hame [Hamsey]. 

 Ulveva held it of King Edward. Then it 

 was assessed for 25 hides ; now there are 14 

 (hides), because the others are in the rape of 

 the Count of Mortain, namely 7 hides, and 

 in the rape of Earl Roger 4 hides all but 

 {minus) half a virgate.* 



Now what Ralph has pays geld for 13 

 hides. There is land for 13 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 hides, and (there are) 16 

 villeins and 14 bordars with 10 ploughs. 

 There (is) a church, and 200 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) yielding {de) 10 swine. From 

 the pasturage {herhagio) 13 shillings. 



» In Fletching (see notes 3 and 4, p. 420). 

 ' The church was given to Lewes Priory by 

 Ralph de Caisned (compare note 6, p. 4.41). 



8 Ralph de Caisned, from whose descendants, 

 the family of de Say, the manor took its name of 

 Hammes-Sey. 



9 The figures here seem to have been inverted ; 

 the 4 hides were in the Count of Mortain's rape 

 at Horsted (see p. 419), and the 7 hides were 

 presumably in Earl Roger's rape in Ulveva's 

 manor of East Preston (see Introd. p. 357). 



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